Tres Leches Cupcakes by Josi S. Kilpack

Author:Josi S. Kilpack [Kilpack, Josi S. ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2012-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Caro,” Sadie said, tapping her friend on the shoulder. “I’ll be right back.”

“Where are you going?” Caro asked. There were two people ahead of her in line for the cash register.

“Upstairs,” Sadie said, her eyes on the door Shel had disappeared through. “I’ll just be a minute.”

Caro turned back to the cashier, and Sadie climbed the stairs slowly, hoping to center herself and not appear as anxious as she felt. Before entering the room, she looked back at Caro long enough to see that she wasn’t watching.

Sadie slipped through the doorway and shut the door behind her, but stood with her back against it and her hand on the knob in case she needed to make a run for it—or needed something to brace herself with while she kicked Shel in the face. The taupe-painted room was furnished with a set of nice leather couches and a wicker coffee table with a glass top. A variety of watercolors hung on the wall depicting the New Mexican desert.

Shel was standing in front of one of three long, thin windows that were framed by elegantly carved, bright white trim. He turned to face her when she closed the door. His expression wasn’t angry, which served to make her even more suspicious.

His face looked worse up close, all the individual colors easier to see. When she was black and blue—which had happened more often than she liked to admit during her recent various adventures—she tried to stay home as much as possible. And she could get away with foundation in a pinch.

“I didn’t expect to see you here,” Shel said, setting down his half-full glass of champagne.

“I didn’t expect to see you here either.”

He paused as though waiting for her to say more. When she didn’t, he continued, “I guess it’s a good thing. I wanted to apologize for Monday night.”

Of all the things he could have said, an apology wasn’t what she’d expected.

He put his hands in the pockets of his Dockers. “I was pretty drunk,” he explained with an apologetic shrug as he rocked back on the heels of his scuffed dress shoes. “And things got out of control. Are you okay?”

“Am I okay?” Sadie repeated incredulously, finally finding her voice. She tried to balance his current humility with his arrogance of Monday night, but the equation didn’t make sense. “I got arrested because of you.”

Shel let out a breath. “I know,” he said dropping his chin. “And I’m really sorry about it. Like I said, I had too much to drink. It doesn’t look like you were hurt too bad; you’re not limping or anything. That’s good.”

Sadie still didn’t know what to make of the apology, but she was willing to see it as an opportunity to get some information, provided she proceeded carefully. “I’ve got some bumps and bruises, but nothing serious. Sorry about your nose.”

He waved away her apology. “I’ve had worse. Though I’ll be telling everyone I know that the other guy was twice my size, if you don’t mind.

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